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Aesop, Fables Is it the fault of the Greeks that the Germans are the way they supposedly are? Al Khamissi, Khaled Taxi World Heritage taxi Amades, Joan El pessebre Pere Botero's Amato, Joseph Anthony On foot: a history of walking Run like a gypsy Anam, Tahmima The good Muslim Etymology of Salafi clarified Aub, Max Campo cerrado Bush, the greatest intellectual of our time Aub, Max Campo cerrado Bush, the greatest intellectual of our time Barea, Arturo The forge Magic oranges from Spain Baroja, Pío Aventuras, inventos y mixtificaciones de Silvestre Paradox More churchy coppers Belpoliti, Marco Il corpo del capo The fundamental difference between Mussolini and Berlusconi Bennett, Alan The madness of George III The madness of King George, authorised for all pubics Bidwell, Margaret and Robin Morocco: the traveller's companion Tales of German technological failure Boccaccio, Giovanni The Decameron Brazilian pastor to his flock (f): "My penis emits sacred milk" Booth, Martin Gweilo: memories of a Hong Kong childhood Recession rations Bork, Robert H Coercing virtue: the worldwide rule of judges Anglocabron judicial colonialism Borrow, George Romany Rye French, Cockney, Dutch in Borrow Boswell, James The life of Samuel Johnson Sblood Spaniard you get no wall here Bou, Lluís El Carmel ignorat Historical leak Brandes, Stanley Metaphors of masculinity: sex and status in Andalusian folklore More incompetence from the Real Academia Española Brenan, Gerald South from Granada Gerald Brenan's children Brenan, Gerald South from Granada The Orotava Valley agricultural workers strike Brisset, Jean-Pierre La natation ou l'art de nager appris seul en moins d'une heure Jean-Pierre Brisset's false etymologies: proto-Derrida, demented fun Butler, Samuel Erewhon Ewerthon Calvo-Sotelo, Luis Emilio Bienvenido, Mister Marshall Spain, la gran puta Candel, Francisco Han matado un hombre, han roto el paisaje Cat for hare Casas, Penelope The foods and wines of Spain Brazo de gitano with flesh-coloured filling Casas, Penelope The foods and wines of Spain Only sensible use for cheap red wine at 30C+ Cela, Camilo José Diccionario secreto Dogs' bollocks Cela, Camilo José A bote pronto French exam Chase, Richard American folk tales and songs Merchant of Texas Chatterjee, Upamanyu Mammaries of the welfare state Para tener buenos melones Clark, Francis The "Gregorian" dialogues and the origins of Benedictine monasticism Revealed, the identity of the horny apparition in the story of St Benedict, the blackbird, and the nettles Cohen, Patricia Cline A calculating people: the spread of numeracy in early America Counting the corrupt Condon, Richard The Manchurian candidate More on the hack attack: Adolfo Daine/adol77dai51, Manchurian candidate? Crystal, David The Fight For English: How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and Left Opportunist orthography Delicado, Francisco La lozana andaluza Prostitution in 16th century Rome Díaz, Junot The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao Spanglish, an important new literary language Doyle, Roddy The commitments Roddy Doyle's niggers of Europe explained Duncker, Patricia Hallucinating Foucault Foucault clarified Eco, Umberto Travels in hyperreality Spanish traditional theme park architecture Eco, Umberto Baudolino Castells, for real Ellmer, Bruno Classical and Contemporary Italian Cooking for Professionals Older sources for portobello mushrooms Erofeev, Venedikt Moscow to the End of the Line What drunks think of morning and evening people Escott, Colin Roadkill on the three-chord highway Heavy-drinking baby Everett, Rupert The hairdressers of St Tropez Els perruquers de Saint Tropez Everett, Rupert The hairdressers of St Tropez Els perruquers de Saint Tropez Farage, Nigel Flying free The better the host, the worse his accommodations Farfan de los Godos, Antonio Cartas d'el Rei Don Fernando, O Catholico, a varios reis e principes do mundo, e suas respostas: colligidas e comentadas por Frey Antonio Farfan de los Godos, comendador na Ordem de São João de Jerusalem, no anno de 1499 Imaginary correspondence between Ferdinand the Catholic and Suleyman the Magnificent Fernández de Soria y Villanueva, Fernando Arrendamientos rústicos protegidos. Comentarios a la ley de 15 de julio de 1954. A Spaniard's home is his castle ... except when utilities are involved Fielding, Henry A Journey from This World to the Next I'll get it back, she said Friedland, Martin The case of Valentine Shortis French and Russian cavalry rode backwards in retreat?! Fuligni, Bruno L'État c'est moi Trouble on the Trans-Saharan line Fussell, Paul The Great War and Modern Memory Gibraltarización / gibraltarisation Giménez Caballero, Ernesto Memorias de un dictador Hitler's failed Falangist marriage Giordano, Paolo The solitude of prime numbers Spanish mis-translation of Paolo Giordano The solitude of prime numbers Goknil, Can The Neighbor's Cats We're all going on a (hick) summer holiday Gordimer, Nadine A guest of honour Nerd riot Gordon, Flash Blood, Sweat & Gears: Ramblings on Motorcycling and Medicine Black Hitler Gouguenheim, Sylvain Aristote au Mont Saint-Michel "Islamic bridge of civilisation to the West over-rated" Gould, Stephen Jay Adam's navel Why God created Adam with a belly button Goytisolo, Juan Campos de Níjar The lurch and fall of the Almería coast Goytisolo, Juan Señas de identidad Pigeon poo Goytisolo, Juan Señas de identidad Pigeon poo Grahame-Smith, Seth Pride and prejudice and zombies Two Brad Pitt exclusives Groppa, Carlos The tango in the United States: a history Lithos by Xavier Cugat at Brok Harris, Benjamin Rifleman Harris Drunk and disorderly Harrow and Unwin, Joie de vivre in French literature and culture Wordsworth's take on the French revolution cast in doubt by a French corpus n-gram Hillgarth, The mirror of Spain A league and a turd/Legua y mierda Howson, Gerald The flamencos of Cadiz Bay More mystifications Hugo, Victor Les miserables Hedgehogs @ €600 Jansson, Tove Comet in Moominland Hunting Spanish trolls Jardiel Poncela, Enrique Amor se escribe sin hache Albacete / Birmingham / New York Jardiel Poncela, Enrique Amor se escribe sin hache Errar es umano Jardiel Poncela, Enrique Amor se escribe sin hache Albacete / Birmingham / New York Johnson, James William A Profane Wit: The Life of John Wilmot "Chaste, pious, prudent": to which British king does the poem below the break refer? Kasmir, Sharryn The Myth of Mondragon Mondragón Khadra, Yasmina The Swallows of Kabul Orenetes Labanyi, Jo Constructing Identity in Contemporary Spain: Theoretical Debates and Cultural Practice Taken by the gypsies Lancaster, Osbert With an eye to the future Some day I'll fly away, or how to freak out swallows Lane Fox, Robin The classical world Incompatibility of science and corrupt society Larkin, Philip High windows Windows Vista: Error en el servicio Servicio de perfil de usuario al iniciar sesion. No se puede cargar el perfil de usuario Lenin, VI One step forward, two steps back Two views of progress Lenin, Vladimir Illich Collected works The Asociación de Familias Adoptantes en China promotes itself with a picture of slitty-eyed chinkies León, Ricardo Cristo en los infiernos Trafalgar dreaming Lévi-Strauss, Claude The raw and the cooked From cooked to raw in Almería Llull, Ramon Book of the beasts Bestiaries (ii): Llull and Orwell López et al, Albert Arqueologia, història i art de l'església de Sant Valentí de les Cabanyes Chiste de indignados Maalouf, Amin The Crusades through Arab eyes Spurious history: the origins of shepherd's pie Maalouf, Amin The Crusades through Arab eyes Spurious history: the origins of shepherd's pie MacDonald Fraser, George Flashman and the Tiger Crisis, what crisis? MacFarlane, Robert Mountains of the Mind: How Desolate and Forbidding Heights Were Transformed into Experiences of Indomitable Spirit Vuilnis Machiavelli, Niccolò The prince Outsourcing in the Spanish military Margueritte, Victor La garçonne The Spanish Prostitute Moment in pre-war French popular novels Mellers, Wilfrid Twilight of the Gods Karlheinz Stockhausen, "one of the most important ... composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries"? Menéndez Pelayo, Marcelino Historia de los heterodoxos españoles Bollocks in 16th century Spanish writing Menéndez Pelayo, Marcelino Historia de los heterodoxos españoles Bollocks in 16th century Spanish writing Minsheu, John Pleasant and delightfull dialogues Interchangeability of nominative and genitive forms of Spanish patronymics? Monette, Paul Nosferatu The Vampyre We're fixing Nosferatu/Estem arreglant Nosferatu Moravia, Alberto Boredom The end of boredom and the last adult Morrell, David First Blood: Rambo My First Blood moment Nabokov, Vladimir Strong opinions The decline of psychoanalysis charted Ortega Munilla, José Chispas del yunque Pejorocracy, government of the worst Ortega y Gasset, José España invertebrada Anti-guiri? yes, but... Ortega y Gasset, José La rebelión de las masas Sinn Fein-IRA joke Ortínez, Manuel Una vida entre burgesos Franco and inflation Parker Willis, Nathaniel Summer cruise in the Mediterranean on board an American frigate Cappuccino Patterson, John Henry The Man-eaters of Tsavo J'suis pas Cecil Pearson, Harry Racing pigs and giant marrows: travels around the north country fairs Persistent rains produce more giant Spanish plants Pérez Galdós, Benito The disinherited Hemp horses Poikolainen, Kari Perfect drinking and its enemies Statistically speaking I've got my drinking about right Remarque, Erich Maria The Road Back Remarque, The Road Back Roth, Joseph Rebellion Blackletter OCR Ruiz Zafón, Carlos Shadow of the wind Hilarious Shadow of the wind reviews Sagan, Eli At the Dawn of Tyranny Squeezing it for all it's worth Schiavelli, Vincent Bruculinu, America Pan di Spagna? Scott, Michael The cruise of the midge Bacalado Scott, Michael The cruise of the midge Bacalado Semprun, Jorge Netchaïev est de retour More Francophone condemnations of the US Sender, Ramón La tesis de Nancy The oldest surname in the world Sirera Miralles, Carles Cuando el fútbol no era el rey Collserola bike accident anecdotes Thompson, Christopher The Tour de France: a cultural history The cycling Cartesian Tóibín, Colm A long winter Specs on the beach Toseland, Martin The Ants are my Friends: Misheard Lyrics, Malapropisms, Eggcorns and Other Linguistic Gaffes "Amaral pide que el estadio sea una hoya a presión" Townsend Warner, Sylvia With the Hunted: Selected Writings Sylvia Townsend Warner, The scapegoat, and the Diodorus phallic thimble quatrain Tschiffely, A.F. Tschiffely's Ride Tschiffely's Ride Vallmitjana, Juli Sota Montjuïc Birthday pics Vargas Llosa, Mario The feast of the goat The perejil shibboleth Waugh, Evelyn Decline and fall Ngram: afternoon nap vs siesta Wittgenstein, Ludwig Philosophical Investigations Duck-billed dog Zamora Vicente, Alonso Dialectología española blimey es para que te suba el blood pressure
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